Solution: (b)
Diego Garcia is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory. It lies in the Chagos Archipelago at the southernmost tip of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge – a vast submarine range in the Indian Ocean.
Guru Shikhar on the Abu Hills is the highest peak of which mountain ranges?
(a) Sahyadri
(b) Purvanchal
(c) Anamalai
(d) Aravallis
Solution: (d)
Gurushikhar holds the honor of being not only the highest peak of Mount Abu but the whole of Aravali mountain range. This peak is the home to the temple of Dattatreya, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
Which of the following hills connect eastern and western ghats?
(a) Satpura
(b) Vindhya
(c) Nilgiri
(d) Aravalli
Solution: (c)
The southern part of the Western Ghats mountain ranges harbour the Nilgiri hills, which serve as the meeting point of the Western and Eastern Ghats. The hills are separated from the Karnataka plateau to the north by the Moyar River and from the Anaimalai Hills and Palni Hills to the south by the Palghat Gap.
Which is the highest peak to the south of the Vindhyas?
(a) Bababudan
(b) Mullayanagiri
(c) Annaimudi
(d) Nilgiri
Solution: (c)
Anamudi is located in the Indian state Kerala. It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at an elevation of 2,695 metres. The name Anamudi literally translates to “elephant’s forehead,” a reference to the resemblance of the mountain to an elephant’s head.
Mansarovar Lake is situated in:
(a) Nepal
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Bhutan
Solution: (c)
Lake Manasarovar is a freshwater lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China near Lhasa. Manasarovar is near the source of the Sutlej River which is the easternmost large tributary of the Indus. Nearby are the sources of the Brahmaputra River, the Indus River, and the Karnali River (Ghaghara), an important tributary of the Ganges River.
